Chapter Summaries

Xia Zhiyi questioned Fu Chi after his accident, and Fu Chi explained that he had dreamed of a long time without Xia Zhiyi. Fu Chi promised he would not forget Xia Zhiyi, and the two discussed his recovery and the accident’s aftermath.

• Fu Chi told Xia Zhiyi that the person who had seemed different the previous night had not been him, then said he had dreamed of a long time without Xia Zhiyi.
• Xia Zhiyi treated Fu Chi’s account as only a dream, and Fu Chi agreed before promising he would never forget him.
• Xia Zhiyi checked Fu Chi’s cast and urged him to rest instead of rushing back to company work; Fu Chi agreed to oversee matters without overexerting himself.
• Fu Chi asked about the car accident and fell silent after learning someone had died; Xia Zhiyi said the old man had arranged humanitarian assistance for the victim’s family.
• Xia Zhiyi explained that the old man had reprimanded Fu Yunyi for wanting to give the family money outright.

Xia Zhiyi reassured Fu Chi that he could manage the company while Fu Chi recovered, and Fu Chi trusted him to do so. Xia Zhiyi also handled a promotional obligation for Jianghu and told Xu Chen that Fu Chi had woken up.

• Xia Zhiyi told Fu Chi he might need to stay in the hospital for two more weeks and offered to handle unexpected company matters, which Fu Chi agreed to trust him with.
• Xia Zhiyi tried to put Fu Chi at ease by chatting about what he had eaten and seen while Fu Chi was unconscious.
• Xu Chen called Xia Zhiyi to explain that he only needed to watch Jianghu's livestream and repost it on Weibo instead of appearing in person.
• Xia Zhiyi learned that Director Mu and other industry contacts had helped promote his game music video, increasing its attention.
• Xia Zhiyi promised to repost the livestream promotion and told Xu Chen that Fu Chi had woken up.

Xia Zhiyi accepted a spot on a sports variety show after discussing his schedule with Xu Chen, then learned Fu Chi’s vision had returned. Fu Chi explained why he had hesitated to tell him, and Xia Zhiyi asked him to clarify rather than leave room for misunderstandings.

• Xu Chen offered Xia Zhiyi a place on a sports variety show, and Xia Zhiyi agreed to join a later episode after deciding to spend New Year’s with Fu Chi.
• Xia Zhiyi told Fu Chi about the show, and Fu Chi said he would watch its livestream with him that night.
• Fu Chi told Xia Zhiyi that his eyes seemed normal again, and Xia Zhiyi finished cleaning up before asking him about it.
• Fu Chi explained that he had been able to see since waking up and had realized something was wrong after checking the room’s surveillance footage.
• Xia Zhiyi asked Fu Chi whether he had hesitated to tell him and why, saying he wanted to avoid misunderstandings between them.

Fu Chi admitted that he had recovered his color vision and confessed he had delayed telling Xia Zhiyi because he feared losing their extra kisses. The couple reconciled with kisses in Fu Chi’s hospital room, where Xia Zhiyi then encountered Fu Chi’s father arriving with food.

• Fu Chi told Xia Zhiyi he had worried that recovering his vision would cost him some of the affection Xia Zhiyi showed him.
• Xia Zhiyi teased Fu Chi about hiding his recovery to get more kisses, then kissed him and let go of his anger.
• Fu Chi and Xia Zhiyi flirted and kissed again, but Fu Chi stayed in bed while Xia Zhiyi went to the bathroom.
• Xia Zhiyi heard Fu Chi taking care of himself in the bathroom and told him his father had arrived.
• Xia Zhiyi left the room to greet Fu Chi’s father, who had brought an insulated food container to the hospital.

Old Master Fu brought Xia Zhiyi and Fu Chi soup, then agreed to arrange a show for Xia Zhiyi and Fu Yunyi to attend together. He also raised a future military-training livestream show, a plot point Xia Zhiyi recognized, leaving Xia Zhiyi unsure whether to participate as Fu Chi came out of the bathroom.

• Old Master Fu brought squab soup to the hospital, and Xia Zhiyi told him Fu Chi was in the bathroom.
• Xia Zhiyi quietly proposed a plan to Old Master Fu, who approved it and offered to contact their agent to arrange a show for Xia Zhiyi and Fu Yunyi.
• Old Master Fu mentioned a month-long military-training livestream variety show planned for the following year and asked whether Xia Zhiyi was interested.
• Xia Zhiyi recognized the show as a plot point involving Gu Miaomiao and weighed whether joining would pull him into the story.
• Xia Zhiyi suggested asking Fu Yunyi first, then returned to the room with Old Master Fu as Fu Chi sat on the bed and turned toward them.

Fu Chi’s father visited the hospital with pigeon soup, and Xia Zhiyi reflected on his worry over Fu Chi’s injuries and his own hesitation to seek intimacy. Fu Chi comforted him with gentle touch and told him not to be sad, leaving Xia Zhiyi reassured by the man’s familiar presence.

• Old Master Fu brought Fu Chi pigeon soup and thanked Xia Zhiyi for helping care for him.
• Xia Zhiyi persuaded Old Master Fu to go home and rest after the visit.
• Xia Zhiyi told Fu Chi that his head injury needed monitoring and that his broken arm would limit his activity for months.
• Fu Chi called Xia Zhiyi “baby,” drew him close, and stroked his head and neck until he relaxed.
• Fu Chi told Xia Zhiyi, “Don’t be sad, baby.”

Xia Zhiyi woke beside Fu Chi in the hospital and stayed to care for him through the morning. After Assistant Li brought breakfast, Xia Zhiyi noticed his unease about discussing work with Fu Chi and left them to talk.

• Xia Zhiyi woke in Fu Chi's arms, nestled against him, and fell asleep again.
• Xia Zhiyi found Fu Chi washing up and helped him brush his teeth and get dressed.
• Assistant Li arrived with breakfast and explained that Special Assistant Li was recovering from injuries sustained in the car accident.
• Xia Zhiyi noticed Assistant Li seemed uneasy about discussing something with Fu Chi and suggested he let the recovering man rest.

Fu Chi reflected on the memories of another timeline and why they made him reluctant to explain everything to Xia Zhiyi. After Xia Zhiyi said he was leaving to meet Sister Chen, Fu Chi sent Assistant Li out so he could speak with him alone.

• Fu Chi told Assistant Li to wait until he had finished eating before discussing work and reassured him that Xia Zhiyi would not be angry.
• Fu Chi reflected on how Fu Yunyi and Gu Miaomiao had become isolated and unhappy after losing the people close to them.
• Fu Chi recalled being cold toward Xia Zhiyi when he first woke up and decided to verify his memories before explaining them.
• Xia Zhiyi changed clothes, said he needed to meet Sister Chen, and sat down to eat pumpkin porridge.
• Fu Chi asked Assistant Li to check with the nurse about his IV and buy thicker socks, sending him out of the hospital room.

Xia Zhiyi confronted Fu Chi about trying to work while recovering, and Fu Chi admitted he had wanted to keep him from worrying. Their conversation turned to marriage, leaving Xia Zhiyi realizing how deeply he cared for Fu Chi, while Fu Chi suggested they get engaged because Xia Zhiyi was too young to marry legally.

• Xia Zhiyi questioned Fu Chi about sending Assistant Li away and starting work, and Fu Chi admitted he had arranged it to avoid worrying him.
• Fu Chi said he wanted to marry Xia Zhiyi, but Xia Zhiyi was only eighteen and below Xia Country’s legal marriage age, so Fu Chi proposed getting engaged first.
• Xia Zhiyi reflected on his feelings for Fu Chi and realized he genuinely loved him, though he did not know how he would react if Fu Chi forgot him.
• Xia Zhiyi and Fu Chi finished breakfast, and Xia Zhiyi cleared the table while Fu Chi rested.
• Assistant Li texted that he had stopped to help at a traffic accident, and Xia Zhiyi reacted with disbelief after watching his video of an apparent accident scam outside a hospital.

Xia Zhiyi met Xu Chen to discuss work and learned that Jianghu wanted him to join a New Year’s Day game event. He left the offer undecided until he could ask Fu Chi, while recalling that he might have made an enemy of Huanyu.

• Fu Chi told Xia Zhiyi that Assistant Li had been held as a witness after encountering an accident scam at the hospital.
• Xia Zhiyi went to meet Xu Chen at a café and admitted he had not finished watching the previous night’s livestream.
• Xu Chen explained that Jianghu wanted Xia Zhiyi to control an NPC and hand out gift packs during a two-hour New Year’s Day event.
• Xia Zhiyi said he would ask Fu Chi about participating and agreed to give Xu Chen an answer by the next afternoon.
• Xu Chen praised Xia Zhiyi’s performance in Chasing and said he could be a contender for next year’s awards.
• Xia Zhiyi remembered his past conflict with Huanyu and wondered whether he had made an enemy there.

Xia Zhiyi arranged Fu Yunyi’s work around Fu Chi’s recovery and unexpectedly spotted Li Jing near the hospital. When Fu Yunyi visited, he told Fu Chi that their relatives had tried to persuade him to seize power at the company.

• Xu Chen asked Xia Zhiyi to let her know when Fu Chi could return to work so she could schedule Fu Yunyi’s engagements.
• Xia Zhiyi recognized Li Jing across the street and secretly messaged him; Li Jing later realized Xia Zhiyi had brought someone to a nearby military hospital.
• After spending several more days at the hospital, Fu Chi received a visit from Fu Yunyi, who had finished arranging his work.
• Once Xia Zhiyi left them alone, Fu Yunyi urged Fu Chi to recover and return to the company, explaining that several relatives had approached him.
• Fu Yunyi said the relatives wanted him to take power while Fu Chi was away but had offered him no real benefits, which he dismissed as a pipe dream.

Fu Yunyi told Fu Chi about people trying to exploit his absence and handed over a list for investigation. After Xia Zhiyi returned, Fu Chi reviewed a proposed collaboration contract and asked whether Xia Zhiyi could bear for him to return to work.

• Fu Yunyi rejected attempts to turn him against Fu Chi and reported that several company employees had their own schemes.
• Fu Yunyi gave Fu Chi a list of suspicious people, and Fu Chi planned to investigate them and remove parasites from the company.
• Fu Yunyi said that only a handful of people knew Fu Chi had awakened, and Fu Chi told him to keep it quiet.
• Xia Zhiyi returned with fruit and learned that Fu Yunyi had brought Fu Chi a proposed collaboration contract from Teng Shu.
• Xia Zhiyi mentioned that Sister Chen had asked when Fu Chi would return to the company, and Fu Chi asked whether Xia Zhiyi could bear to let him go.

Xia Zhiyi stayed by Fu Chi during his recovery, and Fu Chi agreed to remain in the hospital until the doctors cleared him. After Fu Chi was discharged, Xia Zhiyi took him out to eat, where they unexpectedly encountered someone he did not want to see.

• Fu Chi revised the contract and sent Fu Yunyi to deliver his terms to Teng Shu.
• Xia Zhiyi asked about trouble at Fu Chi's company and reassured him that he would stay with him through his recovery.
• Xia Zhiyi insisted that Fu Chi follow the doctor's advice and remain in the hospital for observation.
• After several more days without complications, Fu Chi was discharged from the hospital.
• Xia Zhiyi took Fu Chi out for a meal, and they ran into someone Xia Zhiyi did not want to see.

Xia Zhiyi and Fu Chi went out to eat, where they encountered Huanyu executive Zhao Changye and learned that his conflict with Fu Chi stemmed from business competition over Tianhuan. After Zhao Changye left in fear of Xia Zhiyi, the couple returned to the Fu residence and found the old master and Fu Yunyi away at the company.

• Xia Zhiyi and Fu Chi ate at a busy restaurant while their bodyguards sat at a separate table.
• Zhao Changye approached Fu Chi, and Fu Chi coldly introduced him as President Zhao from Huanyu while claiming he had forgotten his name.
• Xia Zhiyi gave Zhao Changye a chilling look that left him sweating and unable to speak, so he accepted the manager’s offer and went to his private room.
• Fu Chi told Xia Zhiyi that Zhao Changye was a petty business rival, and Xia Zhiyi connected the dispute to Tianhuan.
• Xia Zhiyi and Fu Chi returned to the old residence, where the butler said the old master and Fu Yunyi had both gone to the company.

Fu Chi and Xia Zhiyi returned home from the hospital, where Fu Yunyi learned that Fu's father had gone to meet Teng Shu's maternal grandfather to support him. Xia Zhiyi offered to pick Fu's father up while Fu Chi rested, and Fu Yunyi joined him.

• Fu Chi and Xia Zhiyi returned to the family residence without telling Fu Yunyi in advance, surprising him when he came home.
• Fu Yunyi explained that he had left work early after finishing his tasks and that Fu's father had left to meet an old friend.
• Fu Yunyi learned that Fu's father was meeting Teng Shu's maternal grandfather and realized he had gone to support him after hearing Fu Yunyi complain about Teng Shu.
• Fu Yunyi worried that Teng Shu's grandfather might bully Fu's father, and Xia Zhiyi reassured him that Fu's father could handle himself.
• Fu Chi asked the butler for the dinner address, but Xia Zhiyi offered to pick Fu's father up while Fu Chi rested, and Fu Yunyi said he would go too.

Xia Zhiyi accompanied Fu Yunyi to pick up Old Master Fu, who introduced Xia to an old acquaintance and praised him enthusiastically. On the way home, Old Master Fu advised Xia about the acquaintance’s family, while Fu Yunyi learned that he and Xia lacked the rapport needed to understand each other’s looks.

• Fu Yunyi arrived with Xia Zhiyi to take Old Master Fu home and was surprised when his grandfather introduced Xia first.
• Old Master Fu praised Xia Zhiyi and introduced him to an old gentleman whose family had ties to the entertainment industry.
• Old Master Fu thanked Fu Yunyi for coming, then learned Xia had prompted the visit and advised Xia to be careful around the acquaintance’s family.
• Fu Yunyi complained that Old Master Fu had never shared such advice with him, and his grandfather teased him about being home too often.
• Fu Yunyi asked whether Xia had understood his earlier look, and Xia explained that they did not know each other well enough to read each other’s expressions.

Fu Yunyi returned to the old residence with Old Master Fu and Xia Zhiyi, where the old master discussed Fu Chi’s recovery and company matters with Fu Chi and Xia Zhiyi. Fu Yunyi discovered they were meeting in the study and wondered why he always seemed to rank lowest in the Fu family.

• Old Master Fu told Fu Yunyi to handle conflicts himself instead of coming home to complain, and Fu Yunyi jokingly refused to hear the old master speak about his own mortality.
• Back at the residence, Old Master Fu complained that Fu Yunyi had pretended not to hear him, while Xia Zhiyi said Fu Yunyi could relax because he had the old master to rely on.
• Old Master Fu checked on Fu Chi’s health, then said he and Fu Chi needed to discuss company matters; Fu Chi invited Xia Zhiyi to join them, and the old master agreed.
• After showering, Fu Yunyi learned that Old Master Fu, Fu Chi, and Xia Zhiyi were in the study and wondered if they were discussing his birthday before deciding to investigate.
• Fu Yunyi complained that Xia Zhiyi’s relationship with Fu Chi had pushed him to the bottom of the family pecking order, while the butler silently noted that Fu Yunyi had always been last.

Fu Chi asked Fu Yunyi to keep managing the company while he looked for people trying to undermine their relationship, then Xia Zhiyi helped Fu Chi bathe without wetting his wound. After waiting downstairs for hours, Fu Yunyi gave up on seeing Xia Zhiyi and drank the bedtime milk the butler brought just as Xia Zhiyi appeared.

• Fu Chi told Fu Yunyi to keep things running at the company so he could see whether more people were causing trouble.
• Xia Zhiyi questioned Fu Chi's plan to use Fu Yunyi as bait while helping him bathe, and Fu Chi said he was trying to make his nephew handle more responsibilities.
• Fu Chi flirted with Xia Zhiyi, and the two stayed upstairs together for nearly two hours.
• Fu Yunyi waited downstairs, played a game, and worried that the couple might strain Fu Chi's wound.
• The butler brought Fu Yunyi milk and reminded him to read the year-end reports, but Fu Yunyi downed the milk just as Xia Zhiyi appeared.

Xia Zhiyi discussed his acting work with Fu Yunyi, who recommended him for an important role in a wuxia drama. The director would contact Xu Chen, and Xia Zhiyi agreed to consider meeting him if Xu Chen approved the script.

• Fu Yunyi asked Xia Zhiyi about his confirmed film and why he had turned down an idol drama.
• Xia Zhiyi explained that he had rejected the idol drama because its investor interfered with scripts and casting.
• Fu Yunyi told Xia Zhiyi that a director he knew was seeking an actor for an important wuxia role after seeing him in a Jianghu music video.
• Xia Zhiyi asked the director to contact Xu Chen and said he would consider meeting him if she approved the script.
• Fu Yunyi revealed that the role was a great martial hero who looked like a child.

Xia Zhiyi learned that Fu Yunyi wanted him for a wuxia drama, then spent the night with Fu Chi, whose eyesight remained normal the next morning. Fu Chi asked Fu Yunyi to investigate several people as part of a plan to expose corrupt company insiders, while Xia Zhiyi practiced swordplay in the falling snow.

• Fu Yunyi told Xia Zhiyi that someone wanted him to appear in a wuxia drama and said he would discuss the casting requirements with Xu Chen.
• Xia Zhiyi returned to Fu Chi's room, and they went to sleep together after talking about Fu Yunyi's request.
• The next morning, Xia Zhiyi confirmed Fu Chi's vision still seemed normal, and Fu Chi chose to wait at least a month before telling his father.
• Fu Chi asked Fu Yunyi to use his connections to investigate several people, and Fu Yunyi went to the office to support the effort to expose company parasites.
• Xia Zhiyi returned from his morning run and practiced swordplay in the courtyard as Fu Chi watched from inside.